Painter s apparatus



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H. G. CARVER. 8; V. E. BENEDICT.

PAINTER'S APPARATUS; No. 556,302. Patented Mar. 10 1896.

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HERMAN O. CARVER AND VICTOR E. BENEDICT, OF RED OAK, IOWA.

PAINTERS APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,302, dated March 10, 1896.

Application filed June 25,1895- $erial No. 553,981. (No model.)

To oaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HERMAN O. CARVER I and VICTOR E. BENEDICT, of Red Oak, in the provide an apparatus whereby it will be possible to more readily form script letters upon glass in show-windows and like places, and such an apparatus which can be effectively used without great skill and practice on the part of the operator.

'Other and subordinate objects are contemplated, all looking to the increase of the general utility and eiflciency of the instrument, and these will be apparent as the specification progresses.

These ends are attained by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like numerals indicate like parts in all the views.

The invention will be fully described hereinafter and the features of novelty embodied in the claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of our improved sign-painter, showing it in operative adjustment. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 is-a cross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The reference-numeral 5 indicates a funnel-shaped or conical reservoir, which is provided with a closed top and with an orifice 6, closed by means of a plug 7 or similar device. The lower end of the reservoir 5 is formed with a nipple having an annular flange 8 at its inner end, and this nipple is externally threaded to be received in the internallythreaded pipe 9. This pipe 9 is provided with a flange 10, which is adapted to abut against the flange 8 to insure a firm and fluid-tight connection between the pipe and the reservoir. The pipe 9 is bent at approximately its middle to form a portion 11, which has an enlarged end internally threaded and receiving the barrel 12, the said barrel being threaded to co-operate with the threads on the enlarged portion 11, as will be apparent. The other end of the barrel 12 is also externally threaded and is received in an internally-threaded flange 13 formed integral with the tapering nozzle 14. This nozzle 14 is in communication with the barrel l2 and has at its inner end a wall 15, formed with an orifice 16 by which such communication is established.

Fitted within the nozzle 14 is a needle-Valve 17, which has its point 18 conforming to the interior shape of the nozzle 14 and fitted snugly therein. The shank of the valve 17 is threaded and extended through the orifice 16 in the wall and provided just inward of said wall with a nut 19, which is adjustable thereon and against which bears the outer end of the expansive spring 20, said outer end of the expansive spring being contracted so as to effectively engage the nut 19. The inner end of the arm 11 receives at its enlarged portion the adjacent end of the spring 20, which bears against the same and which is at this part of the device of a diameter equal to the interior diameter of the barrel 12.

WVhen the valve 17 is at the limit of its outward movement its point 18 will project beyond the nozzle 14, and when in this position the nozzle will be closed and the passage of liquid therethrough prevented. When, however, the valve is pressed inward the point 18 is made to disengage the opening in the nozzle and thereby uncover the same.

By reference to Fig. 3 the construction of the nut 19 will be readily understood, and

there it will be seen that it is substantially in the shape of a cross, to the end that it may engage the wall 15 and yet not close the opening 16.

The barrel 12 is provided at a point near its outer end with a plate 21, which is bent at its middle to form two parallel.portions,and these are each formed with semicircular bends 22, jointly receiving the barrel 12 and held to snugly embrace the same by a screw 23 passed through the plate 21. The other end of the plate 21 is received between two plates 24, the same being extended at a right angle from an arm 25 and connected thereto by means of feet 26 formed on the plates 24 and bolted to the arm 25, as shown in Fig. 1. The plates 24 are drawn togetherand made to clamp the plate 21 by means of a screw 27 passed through the free ends of the plates 24.

The extremities of the arms 25 are each provided with an internally-threaded opening 28,

through which is passed a pin 29. These pins are threaded to co-operate with the threads in the openings 28 and have their outer ends pointed, so as to form a suitable contact-point and so as to prevent blurring lines already formed and crossed, while their inner ends are provided with milled heads 30, by which they may be readily turned. The pins 29 are each provided with a nut 31, which turns on the threaded portions thereof and which is located at the inner side of the arm 25, so as to bind against the inner face of said arm and secure the pins at the desired adjustment.

The purpose of the pins 20 and the several arms and plates whereby they are held in proper adjustment is to form a rest or guide for the operator in the manipulation of the instrument and by adjusting the pins to fix the degree of inclination which the nozzle will have when engaging the surface to be painted on, and to this inclination of the nozzle is due the width and other characteristics of the line formed by the instrument.

The barrel 12 is provided with a rubber or other yielding coating 34, which covers the barrel and which makes the same more convenient for the operator. In using the device the plug 7 should be removed, so that the atmosphere may exert the necessary pressure within the reservoir 5. Under other conditions, however, the plug 7 should be in place, as shown in Fig. 2. The reservoir is filled by unscrewing the nipple at the smaller end thereof and reversing the position of the reservoir, so that the opening at the smaller end or apex of the reservoir may serve as an inletorifice for the paint.

The invention is adapted for use with paint and for painting on glass windows, and by its means one may very readily form script letters and without a knowledge of the use of paint-brushes and similar utensils.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. 111 a script-sign painter, a reservoir, a barrel in communication therewith, a nozzle connected to one end of the barrel and having a wall adjacent thereto provided with a central orifice, a needle-valve operating in the nozzle and having a threaded shank passed through the central orifice in the wall of the barrel, a nut carried by the needle-valve inward of said wall, and an expansive spring bearing against the nut and contained within the barrel, substantially as described.

2. In a script-sign painter, a reservoir having a conical form and having an exteriorlythreaded nipple at its apex and also having at said nipple a flange, an elbow-pipe having one end internally-threaded and receiving the nipple of the reservoir and its remaining end enlarged and internally threaded, a barrel having one end received in the enlarged portion of the elbow-pipe, a nozzle having an enlarged threaded end and receiving the other end of the barrel, the nozzle also having a centrally-orificed wall, a needle-valve operatin g in the nozzle and having a threaded shank passing through the orifice of the nozzle-wall, a nut on the shank of the valve, and an expansive spring contained within the barrel and bearing against the nut and against the enlarged end of the elbow-pipe, substantially as described.

8. In a script-sign painter, a reservoir, a barrel fed thereby, a valve controlling the outlet-orifice of the barrel, a plate secured to the barrel and projecting horizontally therefrom, an arm carried by the end of the plate, and a pin carried by each end of the arm, substantially as described.

4. In a script-sign painter, a reservoir, a barrel fed thereby and having a dischargeorifice, a valve controlling the said dischargeorifice, a member projectinghorizontallyifrom the barrel, and a pin rigidly connected to said member, substantially as described.

5. In a script-sign painter, a reservoir, a barrel fed thereby, a valve controlling the discharge-orifice of the barrel, a plate bent at its middle and having its ends formed with semicircular bends jointly receiving the barrel and rigidly secured thereto, an arm, additional plates projecting horizontally from the arm and clamping the middle portion of the first-named plate, and a pin carried by each end of said arm, substantially as described.

HERMAN C. CARVER. VICTOR E. BENEDICT. \Vitnesses P. W. RICHARDS, JAs. II. BENEDICT. 

